Health Care Science
John Wiley and Sons Inc · United States · Est. 2022
ISSN2771-1749eISSN2771-1757
SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access
53
/ 100
Medium Risk
Score Breakdown
✓ WoS ESCI+10
✓ Scopus Q2+18
✓ DOAJ Verified+15
Total53
Journal Impact Factor
This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗
SJR Score
0.618
H-Index
17
CiteScore
View ↗
Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
Total Works
217
Total Citations
1,269
2yr Mean Citedness
3.31
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Aims & Scope
Subject areas: Public aspects of medicine. Topics: healthcare management, health informatics, public health, healthcare evaluation, health economics, health policy
⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
14
weeks to review
Average · median is 15 wks
Q2
SJR Rank
Top 50% in field
General Information
Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2022
Annual Volume~ 56 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications217
OA Since2021
Submission Info
Peer ReviewSingle-blind
Review Time~14 weeks
Acceptance Rate—
OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND
OA Rate—
Ethics & Quality
COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes
📦 Long-term Preservation
PorticoPMCCLOCKSS
Think.Check.Submit Compliance
10/12 · 83%
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Do you know the journal / publisher?
✅
Does the journal have a website?
✅
Is the ISSN verified?
✅
Indexed in a trusted database?
✅
Peer review process documented?
❌
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
❌
APC fees clearly disclosed?
✅
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✅
Long-term digital preservation?
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Plagiarism detection in place?
✅
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
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Primary language documented?
Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.
Publication & Citation Trend
Articles published
Times cited
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher
SJR Quartile by Discipline
Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.
EpidemiologyQ2
Health PolicyQ2
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2
Subject Classification
Web of Science Categories
Health Care Sciences & Services
Scopus Categories
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth PolicyEpidemiology
Research Topics (OpenAlex)
Healthcare Systems and ReformsArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringMachine Learning in HealthcareHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeArtificial Intelligence in HealthcareChronic Disease Management StrategiesCOVID-19 and Mental Health
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